The Arctic Seas
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
On tuesday 4 december 1883, Arthur Conan Doyle attended and spoke about "The Arctic Seas" at the Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (PLSS) meeting held at the Penny-street Lecture Hall (Portsmouth).
Attendees
- President/Chairman
- Colonel A. W. Drayson, F.R.A.S., R.A.
- Speakers
- Attendees
- General C. D. Nugent
- General J. W. Playfair, C.B., R.E.
- General J. W. Cox, C.B.
- General C. P. Catty
- General W. Ramsay
- Colonel J. Waddell Boyd
- Colonel Brodigan
- Major F. S. Terry
- Captain T. Richey, R.A.
- Rev. H. Dessart
- Rev. Dr. G. Colborne
- Rev. W. J. Staynes
- Dr. C. F. Edwards
- Dr. W. H. Axford, Fleet-Surgeon
- Dr. G. Kell, R.N.
- Dr. E. K. Knight
- Dr. F. J. Driver
- Dr. G. H. Smith
- Dr. A. Conan Doyle
- Dr. B. Guillemard
- Dr. Woods
- Mr. J. M. Ollis, R.N.
- Mr. J. Hay
- Mr. B. Nicholson
- Mr. G. Ollis
- Mr. W. Read
- Mr. J. A. Wilson, R.N.
- Dental-Surgeon W. H. Kirton
- Mr. T. Newell
- Mr. G. Palmer
- Mr. J. Watkins
- Mr. A. Howell
- Mr. J. Abraham
- Mr. A. Fyson
- Mr. F. Wollaston
- Mr. J. R. Constantine
- Mr. C. Constantine
- Mr. W. E. Atkins
- Mr. H. Murrell
- Mr. J. Muir
- Mr. E. Byrne
- Mr. C. Foran
- Mr. M. Somers Gardner
- Mr. H. Read
- Mr. G. Dimmer
- Mr. F. Fay
- Mr. E. F. Burton
- Mr. E. Charpentier
- Mr. W. Pond
- Mr. E. Bewley
- Mr. J. Barmiston
- Mr. F. Gough,
- Mr. W. Seymour
- Mr. J. Rockett
- Mr. G. F. Bell
- Dr. J. Ward Cousins, Hon. Sec.
- Elected members
- Surgeon-General J. Lamprey, P.M.O.
- Colonel J. Waddell Boyd
- Dr. C. F. Edwards
- Nominated for membership
- Lieutenant-Colonel Brodigan
- Dr. James Niel
- Capt. T. Richey, R.A.
Conan Doyle lecture
His lecture included the following topics:
- List of the remaining unexplored places on earth and the Arctic.
- History of the expeditions in the Arctic.
- Whale catching and other interesting items in connection with the Arctic seas.
- The question of discovering the North Pole.
- Answer to questions about coal fields in Greenland and Spitzbergen.
Full Report
- Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (8 december 1883, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle)
